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package org.apache.camel.util;

import java.nio.Buffer;

public final class BufferCaster {

    private BufferCaster() {
    }

    /**
     * Without this cast, when the code compiled by Java 9+ is executed on Java 8, it will throw
     * java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: Method flip()Ljava/nio/ByteBuffer; does not exist in class java.nio.ByteBuffer This
     * is true for other method too: we list them here for completeness: position(int), limit(int), mark(), reset(),
     * clear() and rewind()
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("RedundantCast")
    public static <T extends Buffer> Buffer cast(T byteBuffer) {
        return (Buffer) byteBuffer;
    }

}
